| Primary Docketer | Co-Docketer | Notified Staff | Docket Number | Docket Title | Docket Text | Public Hearing | Hearing Vote | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITY CLERK | #382-22 | Request for authorization on the number of police officers detailed at each polling place for elections | CITY CLERK, in accordance with MGL Chapter 54, section 72, recently amended by "The VOTES Act" (6/2022), which changed the responsibility for detailing a sufficient number of police officers for each polling place from the Chief of Police to City Council; requesting approval of a detail of a sufficient number of police officers and staffing hours for each polling place to preserve order and to protect the election officers from any interference with their duties and to aid in enforcing the laws relating to elections. The Chief of Police, in consultation with the City Clerk, will provide a plan for providing police officers at polling locations in the number required by the City Clerk to meet this obligation. | |
07-28-23 | |||
| Public Hearing Vote: [ Yes-No-Absent-Recused-Not Voting ] | ||||||||
| Committee | Meeting Date | Present | Meeting Motion | Meeting Action | Vote* | Amended Motion | Reconsideration | Reconsideration Vote* | Meeting Agenda | Meeting Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Safety & Transportation | 07-13-22 | Present: Councilors Downs (Chair), Markiewicz, Malakie, Oliver, Lucas, Lipof and Grossman; absent: Councilor Bowman | Motion to Approve | Approved |
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| Vote: [ Yes - No - Abstain - Absent - Recused - Not Voting] Reconsideration Vote: [ Passed - Hold ] | |||||||||||
| Council Motion | Council Action | Council Order | Council Vote* | Reconsideration | Reconsideration Vote* | Council Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion To Approve | Approved | 20-4 | ||||
| City Council Vote order: [ Yes - No - Absent - Recused ] Reconsideration Vote: [ Passed - Hold ] | ||||||